Middle English Dictionary Entry
mappe-mǒunde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mappe-mǒunde n. Also mape-, mappa-. |
| Etymology | OF mape-monde & ML mappa mundi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A map of the world; also, the world.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.530 : Thus thinke I forto..telle..Of therthe..And sette proprely the bounde After the forme of Mappemounde, Thurgh which the ground..Departed is in thre parties.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)31 : Þay named [him]..Knyghte of þe Table Rownde, As it es made in mappamonde [vr. mappe-mound] In story ful ryghte.
- a1500(c1380) Chaucer Rosem.(Benson-Robinson)2 : Ye ben of al beaute shryne As fer as cercled is the mapemounde.